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‘Small Victories’ For Vulnerable Road Users In Infrastructure Bill
Active transportation advocates are celebrating modest but potentially powerful new policies in the newly passed transportation infrastructure bill — but more needs to be done.
November 9, 2021
Four Ways to Keep Kids Safe From Traffic Violence This Halloween
Top health leaders are encouraging families to get outside and trick-or-treat for the first time since the pandemic began, but advocates are urging them not to ignore another public health threat that threatens kids every Halloween: traffic violence.
October 29, 2021
Op-Ed: The Troubling Tie Between Big Cars and Pedestrian Deaths
A recent study added to the mountain of evidence that SUVs are worsening America's pedestrian death crisis. Eric Jaffe explores what to do about it.
October 23, 2021
Sanitation Dept. Urged to Get Garbage out of Pedestrians’ Way
Nineteen months after 'Clean Curbs" was announced with great fanfare, not a container has been sited anywhere. The next mayor ought to get cracking.
October 8, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: The Driver’s Eye View of the World
Leave it to our national treasure cartoonist to put things in perspective.
September 1, 2021
The Most Dangerous Roads in America for Walkers (Including Canal Street)
July 19, 2021
Study: Fear of Assault Keeps Women From Walking
June 30, 2021
U.S. DOT Must Do Better for Peds, Cyclists, Taxpayers: Report
The U.S. Department of Transportation has not set goals or tracked the performance of 90 traffic safety activities making it difficult to improve them or determining whether they work at all, a congressional watchdog found.
May 26, 2021
Study: Congestion Pricing Could Get Drivers Out of SUVs
Drivers are increasingly buying huge cars, in part because of all the time they spend stuck inside them at rush hour — but a new study suggests that if drivers had to pay congestion tolls, they’d be significantly more likely to pick smaller vehicles.
May 19, 2021
JESSICA GONZÁLEZ-ROJAS: Why I Support a Linear Park in Jackson Heights
The local Assembly member weighs in on the importance of open space for environmental justice.
May 10, 2021
